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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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3. Land, with the exception of pastures and forests, may be privately and municipally owned.
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4. Guarantees for the protection of landowners' rights are defined by law. (Art. 16) - Russian
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3. Земля, за исключением пастбищ и лесов, может находиться в частной и муниципальной формах собственности.
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4. Гарантии защиты прав собственников земли определяются законом. (Статья 16) - Kyrgyz
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3. Жер, жайыттарды жана токойлорду кошпогондо, менчиктин жеке жана муниципалдык түрүндө болушу мүмкүн.
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4. Жердин менчик ээлеринин укуктарын коргоонун кепилдиктери мыйзам менен аныкталат. (16-берене)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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WHEREAS the Peoples of the Island of Saint Vincent, who are known as Vincentians-
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c. realize that the maintenance of human dignity presupposes safeguarding the rights of privacy of family life, of property
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English... The right of property to land is guaranteed. This right is acquired and realised by citizens, legal persons and the State, exclusively in accordance with the law. (Art. 14)
- Ukrainian... Право власності на землю гарантується. Це право набувається і реалізується громадянами, юридичними особами та державою виключно відповідно до закону. (Стаття 14)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Land in Uganda belongs to the citizens of Uganda and shall vest in them in accordance with the land tenure systems provided for in this Constitution.
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3. Land in Uganda shall be owned in accordance with the following land tenure systems-
a. customary;
b. freehold;
c. mailo; and
d. leasehold.
4. On the coming into force of this Constitution-
a. all Uganda citizens owning land under customary tenure may acquire certificates of ownership in a manner prescribed by Parliament; and
b. land under customary tenure may be converted to freehold land ownership by registration.
5. Any lease which was granted to a Uganda citizen out of public land may be converted into freehold in accordance with a law which shall be made by Parliament.
6. For the purposes of clause (5) of this article, "public land" includes statutory leases to urban authorities.
7. Parliament shall make laws to enable urban authorities to enforce and to implement planning and development.
8. Upon the coming into force of this Constitution and until Parliament enacts an appropriate law under clause (9) of this article, the lawful or bona fide occupants of mailo land, freehold or leasehold land shall enjoy security of occupancy on the land.
9. Within two years after the first sitting of Parliament elected under this Constitution, Parliament shall enact a law-
a. regulating the relationship between the lawful or bona fide occupants of land referred to in clause (8) of this article and the registered owners of that land;
b. providing for the acquisition of registrable interest in the land by the occupant. (Art. 237)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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The citizens of Mongolia are guaranteed to exercise the following rights and freedoms:
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3/ the right to fair acquisition, possession, ownership and inheritance of movable and immovable property.
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Монгол Улсын иргэн дараахь үндсэн эрх, эрх чөлөөг баталгаатай эдэлнэ:
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3) хөдлөх, үл хөдлөх хөрөнгө шударгаар олж авах, эзэмших, өмчлөх, өв залгамжлуулах эрхтэй.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. All forms of property shall be recognized and equally protected in the Republic of Armenia.
… (Art. 10) - Armenian1. Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունում ճանաչվում և հավասարապես պաշտպանվում են սեփականության բոլոր ձևերը:
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishOnly citizens of Palau and corporations wholly owned by citizens of Palau may acquire title to land or waters in Palau. (Art. XIII, Sec. 8)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWHEREAS the People of Antigua and Barbuda-
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e. desire to establish a framework of supreme law within which to guarantee their inalienable human rights and freedoms, among them, the rights to liberty, property, security and legal redress of grievances ... subject only to the public interest:
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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14. Distribution of house and land ownership certificates
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(१४) घर जग्गा धनी पुर्जा वितरण
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishLand in the cities is owned by the state.
Land in the rural and suburban areas is owned by collectives except for those portions which belong to the state in accordance with the law; house sites and private plots of cropland and hilly land are also owned by collectives.
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No organization or individual may appropriate, buy, sell or otherwise engage in the transfer of land by unlawful means. The right to the use of land may be transferred according to law.
All organizations and individuals who use land must make rational use of the land. (Art. 10) - Chinese城市的土地属于国家所有。
农村和城市郊区的土地,除由法律规定属于国家所有的以外,属于集体所有;宅基地和自留地、自留山,也属于集体所有。
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任何组织或者个人不得侵占、买卖或者以其他形式非法转让土地。土地的使用权可以依照法律的规定转让。
一切使用土地的组织和个人必须合理地利用土地。(第十条)